PC to TV video question How do you get your laptop to project its image onto your tv? I have connected an S-video cable to both my tv and pc and I get no video??????
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I don't have S-Video out on my laptop, so I can't help you there. I do have VGA out and connecting my PC to the HDTV involved nothing more than hooking up the cables between the 2 units, and selecting the appropriate input source on the TV (usually by pushing the SOURCE button on the TV remote several times until the right one shows up). Your laptop may also have an external video output button that you have to press. Most laptops I've seen put these functions up in the F-keys. My Acer, for example is F5 + the Fn key.
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I have a pc with Vista and a decent nvidia vidcard with a DVI hookup and I am wandering if I get a DVI to HDMI cable and be able to display the whole 1900x1080p resolution? This is mainly for internet and h.264 hd videos and most importantly HD-DVD and Blu-Ray through the pc and have full screen resolution?
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To watch protcteted HD video, your whole hardware and software chain have to be HDCP compliant, you may still be able to watch HD content but you will be reduced to a lower resolution. And for one thing, if your video card is stock, I can almost guarantee it is not HDCP compliant. And you also need the right software to be able to convert for HDCP. When you plug in your monitor through one of the cables you specify, vista will tell you what resolutions it can support.
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You can lookup the video card specs on nvidia.com to tell you its max resolution output. You can get the model number from the Device Manager display adapters. If the card can display at least 1920 x 1080, you should be good.
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Pretty much my only reason for purchasing a tv like this or equivalent is for pc and and in display properties only show whatever monitor is hooked up and only shows what resolutions is capable of, example: if I have a 22" hooked up it shows its resolutions and if I change it to lets say 19" it will only show its resolutions. I did email samsung and see what they say but have a feeling it will be weeks before a response.
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please help. i have a laptop with an hdmi port and i want to be able to connect it to a vga projector. shouldn't this cable be able to do it? i can't get it to work.
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I purchased "1080p Hdmi Male input to VGA + Audio Output Cable Converter Adapter for Hdtv Pc" at Amazon's suggestion. I was unable to view laptop images on my LG HDTV. The laptop has a Nvidia card and works with analog TV. My solution was to purchase another computer (used) with an HDMI output - not very economical but it did work. KS
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To test if it is the cable, try another cable even if it is not the preferred length. If your TV has more HDMT ports try all the ports. If none of those salved the issue, try another TV on your laptop. One of those should narrow down where the problem lies. Hope things work out for you.
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I'm certainly no electronics expert, but shouldn't you be able to use this to play movies on your TV by hooking the drive up to your laptop, and then running an S-video cable from the laptop to the television, and changing the video output (screen) from the laptop screen to the TV screen? I've never tried it, but it seems like it should work. I use my internal DVD drive on my laptop to play movies on my TV by this method all the time.
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Your computer must have an connection for an external monitor. Hopefully it is an hdmi cable so you will get high def tv.. On the computer there is a function key usually f4 that will turn on the external monitor. connect the external monitor from the computer to an input on the tv. turn on tv and select that input source, turn on computer and select external monitor. Then you computer screen should be showing on the tv.
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Douglas - what is your video output on your laptop - DVI, Mini DVI, VGA, SVideo etc. If it is MiniDVI and you have HDMI input on TV this product will work. I have also purchased a MiniDvi to HDMI adapter - this works if you have HDMI cable on hand.
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Generally you would hook this up to a laptop/PC and load your images onto the laptop/PC and display them from there. This is a monitor, not a all-in-one 3D picture frame, so it needs a computer or some other device (that has HDMI out) to process the picture. I would think a low-budget (even an old) laptop you could get at an auction site (you know the one) could handle the picture processing part. Granted, the laptop needs to be recent enough to have HDMI.
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How do you copy the video to the computer? I am having problem to copy the picutres and vidio to my computer. Thanks
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I have only used the splitter to split the image coming from a desktop and take it to a monitor and an interactive white board or something similar. Some laptops graphics cards interact really differently. Try checking your graphics settings and see if you can clone your monitor image. If that doesn't work you may have to choose to go to the CRT display on your keyboard function key which may blackout your laptop screen.
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Hi, ITA, 1) This is NO s-video input, but there is a VGA input (typical computer monitor connection) for computers 2) There is no Picture-in-Picture option, however, some cable and satellite boxes now provide this option on their set top boxes 3) 6 ms
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My cable did nothing at all when plugged it into the laptop and then to the tv. It is possible I got a bad cable, and it just didn't work. I also got a new tv and the hdmi port on my laptop works when i use an hdmi cable to connect to the tv from the laptop. I didn't bother sending it back or anything because it was so cheap
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It sounds like you did everything correct. Try other ports on the TV. My tv has PC, HDMI 1 and 2 and when I have my laptop hooked up to the tv I have to use the HDMI 2 setting. Good luck.
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VGA is only for the Visual section, if your laptop came with a Audio Jack, theirs many different kinds one is yellow and only one type of connection, and the other is a normal speaker jack that might work only if the TV has a connection for the speaker jack in the back of it...hope this works if all else fails go to your local Computer store and by an adapter specially made for conversion from the PC to the TV... best of luck
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You can hook your PC up to this TV via a few methods:1) VGA. You'll be able to use the standard "15-pin D-Sub" cable most are familiar with for most PCs. This provides an analog signal.2) DVI-to-HDMI. If your PC has an DVI port, you can get a HDMI to DVI Adapter Cable and plug the DVI end into your PC and the HDMI end into your TV.3) HDMI. If your PC has an HDMI port, you can plug an HDMI cable from the PC to the TV. This link also provides sound (not entirely sure the TV supports this but most do).There is also a 4th option, less likely, but if your laptop or PC has a DisplayPort port, you can get a DisplayPort Male to HDMI Cable Male or if you have a Macbook, a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. I personally have no experience with DisplayPort so YMMV. You can hook your PC up to this TV via a few methods:1) VGA. You'll be able to use the standard "15-pin D-Sub" cable most are familiar with for most PCs. This provides an analog signal.2) DVI-to-HDMI. If your PC has an DVI port, you can get a HDMI to DVI Adapter Cable and plug the DVI end into your PC and the HDMI end into your TV.3) HDMI. If your PC has an HDMI port, you can plug an HDMI cable from the PC to the TV. This link also provides sound (not entirely sure the TV supports this... » Read More You can hook your PC up to this TV via a few methods:1) VGA. You'll be able to use the standard "15-pin D-Sub" cable most are familiar with for most PCs. This provides an analog signal.2) DVI-to-HDMI. If your PC has an DVI port, you can get a HDMI to DVI Adapter Cable and plug the DVI end into your PC and the HDMI end into your TV.3) HDMI. If your PC has an HDMI port, you can plug an HDMI cable from the PC to the TV. This link also provides sound (not entirely sure the TV supports this but most do).There is also a 4th option, less likely, but if your laptop or PC has a DisplayPort port, you can get a DisplayPort Male to HDMI Cable Male or if you have a Macbook, a mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. I personally have no experience with DisplayPort so YMMV. « Show Less
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On the side of the converter, there is a little red hole that has 2 white switches labeled 1 and 2, flip those until you can get color. I found that mine works best when switch 1 is down and 2 is up. It took me a couple of days to finally figure this stupid thing out. I did find that the S-Video cable works better. So if your TV has a S-Video input, I would recommend using the S-Video. Mine FINALLY works. So don't give up on it just yet. It can be frustrating in the beginning. Also, I found that mine works best when I have the resolution set to the best for my laptop (1366 X 768). This may look like it doesn't show all of your computer, but just hit the zoom button. This should fix it. Also, you can change your display settings to display the same thing on your TV as on your computer or you can extend the screens where all you do is click and drag the window you want to see to your TV screen (usually to the right or left side of your monitor). Once you see the window on your TV, hit the Maximize button and it will fit the window to your TV. Now you can watch a movie on your TV while still surfing the net or whatever you want on your computer. Also, for sound, you will need a 3.5mm to 2 RCA plug cord to plug into your computer (this will allow you to adjust the sound on your TV). I about gave up on mine, but am TRULY GLAD that I did not. If you are wanting to use your TV for a monitor, I would recommend just changing the text size on your computer. This might fix it. But you should still use the graphics that is best for your computer (I have a laptop). After experimenting, I found that white writing on a black background (movie credits) is easier to view than words on a white background (yahoo home page). I hope this helps and you can get things figured out! Good Luck!!! :-)
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Try VGA to S-video and 3RCA cable - http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.9813. If did not work, you will loose $3 for the cable.